What Is an Elastomer Covered Cylinder?
Unlike other conventional printing methods, elastomer image carrier products:
- Eliminate unnecessary waste & promote sustainable printing practices
- Decrease setup time
- Reduce cost
- Improve print quality
Depending on the type of print or any customer-specific needs, different varieties of elastomer-covered cylinders may be necessary. Printing cylinder manufacturers should be able to provide:
- Coating/flood coat cylinders (& sleeves)
- Pressure cylinders
- Backup cylinders
- Ink pickup and transfer cylinders
- Hot and cold stamp cylinders
- Tinting cylinders
Elastomer Covered Cylinders | Flexo Printing Applications
Much like elastomer sleeves or photopolymer plates, elastomer covered cylinders work on a variety of substrates, for a variety of applications.
- Flexible packaging
- Labels
- Pressure-sensitive materials
- Embossing
- Hot-melt adhesives
- School / office
- Tissue / non-woven
- Gift wrap / ribbons
- Shrink products
- Medical & pharmaceutical
- Corrugated
Flexographic Printing Cylinder Considerations:
At Luminite, we can produce seamless, in-the-round (ITR) flexographic cylinders that are laser-engraved to meet your specific needs.
To provide optimum print quality, all integral shafts and cylinders to be engraved at Luminite must be received in balance. Out-of-balance cylinders must be balanced to Quality Grade G 2.5 at 2500 RPM before processing.
Our capabilities include:
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